y separately published work icon Age of Consent single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 Age of Consent
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Adaptations

y separately published work icon Age of Consent Michael Pate , 1960-1969 (Manuscript version)x401472 Z1209191 1960-1969 single work drama
form y separately published work icon The Age of Consent Peter Yeldham , ( dir. Michael Powell ) Australia : Nautilus Productions , 1969 Z198762 1969 single work film/TV

Elderly and successful artist Bradley Morahan believes he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to a secluded island on the Great Barrier Reef to try and recapture inspiration. He re-discovers his muse not through nature but in the form of Cora, a shy teenage girl. The relationship is not viewed well, however, by her drunken grandmother, Ma Ryan. When Morahan and the grandmother argue one night, the old lady falls and dies. Cora helps Morahan deceive the police about her grandmother's death. While the artist's feelings toward Cora turn increasingly to love, she in turn manages to open his eyes to see her as more than merely his model.

Notes

  • Dedication: To Howard Hinton and all he has done for the bedevilled problem of Bradly Mudgett.
  • Harry F. Chaplin records that Lindsay's original title for the novel was: Isolates in Limbo. This was changed to Age of Consent by publishers Farrar and Rinehart. Chaplin notes further that a drawing for the dust-jacket by Lindsay was rejected as unsuitable for the American public.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Osterpigen: Roman fra Australien
Language: Danish

Works about this Work

Beyond the Age of Consent Garry Maddox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 June 2005;

— Review of The Age of Consent Peter Yeldham , 1969 single work film/TV
Discusses the restored version of the film to be shown at the Sydney Film Festival. Includes excerpts from an interview with Helen Mirren.
'It's Enough to Drive a Bloke Mad' : Norman Lindsay's Art and Literature Patricia Holt , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin , vol. 27 no. 1-2 2003; (p. 62-81)
Comical Sketches from Bohemia Clement Semmler , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 August 1991; (p. rev 2)

— Review of Age of Consent Norman Lindsay , 1938 single work novel ; A Curate in Bohemia Norman Lindsay , 1913 single work novel
Untitled 1962 single work review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 12 May 1962; (p. 8)

— Review of Age of Consent Norman Lindsay , 1938 single work novel
Untitled Stanley Tick , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Spring vol. 6 no. 4 1962; (p. 86)

— Review of Age of Consent Norman Lindsay , 1938 single work novel
Books of the Times Ralph Thompson , 1938 single work review
— Appears in: New York Times , 13 July 1938; (p. 19)

— Review of Age of Consent Norman Lindsay , 1938 single work novel
Norman Lindsay's Novel and Other Recent Fiction 1938 single work review
— Appears in: New York Times , 13 July 1938; (p. 75)

— Review of Age of Consent Norman Lindsay , 1938 single work novel
Untitled 1962 single work review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 12 May 1962; (p. 8)

— Review of Age of Consent Norman Lindsay , 1938 single work novel
Two Poets Frances King , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 22 no. 2 1962; (p. 111)

— Review of Saturdee Norman Lindsay , 1933 single work novel ; Age of Consent Norman Lindsay , 1938 single work novel
Lindsay Revisited Robert Burns , 1962 single work review
— Appears in: Nation , 28 July 1962; (p. 23-24)

— Review of Saturdee Norman Lindsay , 1933 single work novel ; Age of Consent Norman Lindsay , 1938 single work novel
'It's Enough to Drive a Bloke Mad' : Norman Lindsay's Art and Literature Patricia Holt , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin , vol. 27 no. 1-2 2003; (p. 62-81)
Beyond the Age of Consent Garry Maddox , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 June 2005;

— Review of The Age of Consent Peter Yeldham , 1969 single work film/TV
Discusses the restored version of the film to be shown at the Sydney Film Festival. Includes excerpts from an interview with Helen Mirren.
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